"[P]ro-choice leaders like Keenan, who is at once forthright and politically savvy, are honing a message about American values of personal responsibility, freedom, and privacy. It's a new stance and a realistic one."
Laura Berman, "Michigan rally shows abortion rights camp faces an uphill battle," Detroit News, April 25, 2006
"And we believe that, while disagreeing, we can work together to find common ground. We believe that it is necessary for all Americans to join together and embrace policies that will reduce the number of unintended pregnancies, decrease abortions and improve access to women's health care."
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"Our approach gives Americans on both sides of the abortion debate the opportunity to join together — as we have done — in the common goals of preventing unintended pregnancies, reducing abortions and supporting women and children's health and well-being."
Sens. Harry Reid and Hillary Rodham Clinton, "Abortion debate shuns prevention," The Times Union, April 18, 2006
"Indeed, the timing is perfect for a challenge to anti-abortion groups: If you want to decrease the number of abortions in this country, join us in a high-profile campaign to increase contraceptive use."
Cynthia Tucker, "Contraception the best truce in abortion war," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 22, 2006
"After years of playing defense, NARAL Pro-Choice America has gone on the offense."
Ellen Goodman, "Prosecution or prevention?," Washington Post Writers Group, March 16, 2005
"[P]ro-choice abortion activists [are] getting smarter about their strategy."
Andrew Sullivan, "The Case for Compromise on Abortion: How the pro-choice side is wielding a principle that's tough to argue with," TIME, March 7, 2005